Respite Care
Our goal is to provide every family caregiver we serve with the opportunity to have a regular respite, or break, regardless of their income. Respite services provided by Range Respite staff include in-home respite, respite care at the Respite House, and Memory Care Group Respite, held at the Respite House.  Other respite programs we assist with include Camp Joey, a hospital-based respite program contracted with Virginia Regional Medical Center (our first respite program) and Summer Camp Respite.  Scholarships are provided through Range Respite for children to attend summer camps, giving the parents/caregivers several days of respite each summer.  The amount of subsidized respite care available is dependent upon funding through grants, donations, and fundraising.

Caregiver Training & Education
Range Respite equips family caregivers with a knowledge and understanding of their loved ones’ diagnoses, treatments, medications, and behaviors, as well as to learn what their needs and appropriate interventions as caregivers are, again, regardless of their income. A Registered Nurse and/or a Caregiver Consultant provide disease-specific education, general caregiving education, emotional support, and encouragement to caregivers

Caregiver Consultant Services
Range Respite advocates for and assists family caregivers in identifying, pursuing, and receiving appropriate services within their communities to help them continue in their caregiving roles.  Also included in this program are family sessions with the expressed goal of bringing family members together in the caregiving circle and uniting them to work together to keep the care receiver at home and part of the community for as long as possible.

Additional  Services
Lending Library, Hugs N Stitches, The Caring Connection quarterly newsletter, Good Grief/Bereavement materials, peer counseling, etc.  provide  “casual” services to all area family caregivers, so that they have some basic supports in place and will remember to contact us if they need direct services.